Hand Flashcards
surface anatomy
palmar side digital/proximal/palmar interphalangial crease digital/proximal/thenar/wrist crease thenar eminence hypothenar eminence
dorsal side metacarpophalangeal joints (knuckles) extensor digitorum tendons 1st dosal interosseous m. anatomical snuff box (radial pulse)
total hand and wrist bones
27, not including sesamoid bones
ligaments of hand
piso-metacarpal ligament piso-hamate ligament palmar radiocarpal ligament dorsal radiocarpal ligament transverse carpal ligament (flexor retinaculum)
which hand/wrist joints are hinge joints?
interphalangeal joint
- motion in only one direction (flexion/extension)
which hand/wrist joints are condyloid joints?
MCP joints aD/aBduction flexion extension circumduction axial rotation (only in extended position)
which hand/wrist joints are saddle joints?
1st carpometacarpal joint
aD/aBduction
flexion/extension
opposition
NO axial rotation
arthrodial (sliding) joint
2nd-5th carpometacarpal joints
ganglion cyst (synovial cyst)
benign swelling above joints (usually near scaphoid/lunate joint - 80%)
painless
bc of outpocketing/herniation of synovial capsule at a weakened region
50% recurrence post aspiration/surgery
osteoarthritis
wear &tear disease women>men asymmetry cartilage/bone loss bony growths (Heberden's node, Bouchard's node) may or may not be painful
RA
AI disease women>men symmetrical joint pain ulnar deviation joint swelling (soft nodules)
boutonniere thumb deformity (PIP flexion, DIP extension)
difficulty making OK sign
anterior interosseous nerve damage
- Paresis of flexor digitorum profundus (lateral) and flexor pollicus longus.
- a pinch instead due to weakened flexion of interphalangeal joint of thumb and distal interphalangeal joint of index finger
fibrous and synovial digital sheaths
fibrous sheaths (cruciform and annular shapes)
digital synovial sheath
synovial sheath
- common synovial sheath (ulnar bursa)
- FPL sheath
Inability to protonate could be due to
medial n. damage
Outcrop muscles
APL
EPB
EPL
EI
extensor pollicis longus
pivots on dorsal radial (Lister’s) tubercle